Change Merit to set the primary NIC for Windows PC with multiple NICs
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http://superuser.com/questions/364978/windows-7-set-default-network-connectionrefers to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299540
http://levynewsnetwork.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/windows-7-default-internet-connection-choice/didn’t try this.
Before change the Merit, trace to google.com goes through 192.168.2.11
C:\>route print
IPv4 Route Table
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Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 172.16.184.1 172.16.184.149 25
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.2.1 192.168.2.11 20
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
…..
C:\ >tracert www.google.com
Tracing route to www.google.com[74.125.226.18]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 4 ms 3 ms 3 ms 192.168.2.1
. . . . . . 8 109 ms 121 ms 105 ms yyz06s05-in-f18.1e100.net [74.125.226.18]
After change the Merit, trace to google.com goes through 172.16.184.149
IPv4 Route Table
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 172.16.184.1 172.16.184.149 25
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.2.1 192.168.2.11 50
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
127.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
…..
C:\ >tracert www.google.com
Tracing route to www.google.com[74.125.226.18]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 5 ms 11 ms 5 ms 172.16.184.252
. . . . . .10 7 ms 8 ms 7 ms yyz06s05-in-f18.1e100.net [74.125.226.18]
Trace complete.